diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
index 74635a6fa8cac20c748447ce594211a00ace1375..621ce742ad21d5f56155953ea31438a69879c711 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/allwinner/sun4i-emac.c
@@ -1072,6 +1072,7 @@ static int emac_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk_disable_unprepare(db->clk);
 out_dispose_mapping:
 	irq_dispose_mapping(ndev->irq);
+	dma_release_channel(db->rx_chan);
 out_iounmap:
 	iounmap(db->membase);
 out: